The Meaning of: To Maya

If you have read the poem: TO MAYA, what came to your mind? . . .The following scriptural verses are what inspired the wording of the poem.

TO MAYA:

Sleep Sweet…. (Sleep, as in Jesus’ words about Lazarus: “Laz′a•rus our friend has fallen asleep, but I am traveling there to awaken him.” The disciples then said to him: “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well.” Jesus, however, had spoken about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly: “Laz′a•rus has died, and I rejoice for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” John 11:11-15.

our Angelou,

your debt in death
paid; …“The wages sin pays is death.” Romans 6:23.

your past soulful woes…. “For we know that all creation keeps on groaning together and being in pain together until now.” Romans 8:22.

lived

now thankfully staid

by means of a
ransom …“Just as the Son of man came, … to give his life as a ransom in exchange for many.” Matthew 20:28.

lovingly
benevolently…. “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. John 3:16.

made.

So till Maya's
called…. “Most truly I say to you, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who have paid attention will live. John 5:25.

by a King Heavenly
enthroned…. “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. And this kingdom will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it alone will stand forever.” Daniel 2:44 … “For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us; and the rulership will rest on his shoulder. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6.

again…. “Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life.” John 11:25.

poet and writer,
especially friend--not long
gone

but new
her age, and
spirit

miraculously renewed… “Let his flesh become fresher than in youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor.” Job 33:25.

let her enthusiasm for life
continue;
in our souls… The soul is you. . . “Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul.” Genesis 2:7.

be imbued.

Then
on this earth… “The righteous will possess the earth, and they will live forever on it.” Psalm 37:29.

of violence erased… “Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more; you will look at where they were, and they will not be there. But the meek will possess the earth, and they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.” Psalm 37:10, 11.

with others of like
presence… “The one who exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life.” John 11:25

spiritually
enlightened… “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32.

life
leisure
the pace; … “O if only you would actually pay attention to my commandments! Then your peace would become just like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” Isaiah 48:18.

gathered… “After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.” Revelation 7:9.

together
in various
beautiful
spaces;

smiles,
tranquility… “They will actually sit, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, and there will be no one making them tremble.” Micah 4:4.

exude pleasure
on nations… “Look! I made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander to the nations.” Isaiah 55:4.

of faces,

then
Maya
and others… “And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those too I must bring in, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.” John 10:16.

formerly
at ease.... “Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your might, for there is no work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the Grave, where you are going.” Ecclesiastes 9:10.

in earth's soil over centuries… “And what more will I say? For time will fail me if I go on to relate about Gid′e•on, Ba′rak, Samson, Jeph′thah, David, as well as Samuel and the other prophets.” Hebrews 11:32.

deceased. “For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten.” Ecclesiastes 9:5.

will again celebrate… “But that the dead are raised up, even Moses made known in the account about the thornbush, when he calls Jehovah ‘the God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob.’ He is a God, not of the dead, but of the living, for they are all living to him.” Luke 20:37, 38.

life… “This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.” John 17:3.

this time without
pain, death or disease; … “And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4.

this time

thankfully

without cease.... “He will swallow up death forever.” Isaiah 25:8.

Yes, .. this time
thankfully
without
cease.